A treatise on the effects and various preparations of lead, particularly of the extract of saturn, for different chirurgical disorders / translated from the French of Mr. Goulard, Surgeon-Major to the Royal and Military Hospital at Montpellier.

  • Goulard, Mr. (Thomas)
Date:
1784
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Credit: A treatise on the effects and various preparations of lead, particularly of the extract of saturn, for different chirurgical disorders / translated from the French of Mr. Goulard, Surgeon-Major to the Royal and Military Hospital at Montpellier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with which I have performed many cures. Of thefe I publifhed an account in the year 1746, and propofe taking notice of them again in the prefent edition. 3. The Extra# of Saturn,, mixed up with oil of rofes, wax, and camphor, forms a Po- matum of extraordinary virtue j an account of which I fhall give in the fequel. 4. It is with this Extra#, wax, and cam- phor, I make a Plafter, which many years experience has proved to be infallible in the rheumatifm. 5. The Extra# of Saturn, mixed with foap may be very advantageoufly ufed in an anchylofis, or ftiffnefs of a joint, or for dif- perfing all vifcous humours feated in the ner- vous involucra, or coverings of the tendons. 6. The refiduum of the Extra# of Saturn is a very great difperfer: this experience has proved on many occafions. 7. We frequently ufe poultices of bread and Vegeto-mineral Water for cold, fchir- rhous, and fcrophulous tumours : by their means,we not only fee thefe tumours difperfed, but very often abceffes, though fuppurated in different places. Of this lall effe# many of the Faculty have been eye-witneffes, not without forne degree of furprize. 8. The Extra# of Saturn may be very properly applied after lithotomy ; or many- other operations in furgery. * The addition of foap I owe to the Marechal de- Richlieu. B 4 • tiers